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"Blanket fort"? [He's never heard of such a thing! But upon further inspection.... he grins pretty widely as he takes in the whole site.] It's pretty awesome!

[And immediately-]

Move over, I'm coming in!

Okayyyyyy!

[She just disappears back into the fort. Feel free to follow, Sakon--

Wait no she's popping her head back out.]

You have to take off your shoes, though!

[And back into the fort she disappears.

She covered the floor in pillows and the remaining blankets, you see... they're not comfortable, but they're better than the floor, and it feels more like a real blanket fort this way.]

[oh my god morgan do you know how hard it is for Sakon to remove anything

But he supposes he has to follow the rules since he's a guest so. Sitting down and she should hear a clank and some clatter as he removes his shoes, including his shin guards and whatever other superfluous armor he has on his legs (which is a lot since he does an awful lot of kicking).

.... maybe ten minutes later he finally makes it in, by literally jumping in with the goal of tackling her.]

Yahoo!!

[Wow Sakon so slow.

She's just waiting patiently though, chilling on the pillows, stacking her spell tomes out of the way in the corner--

and then he comes flying in and tackles her. She goes flying (into more pillows) with a squeak.]

A-ahhhh!

Sakon! [she's just squirming--but she's laughing too. And lifting a pillow from behind her to hit his head with.]

[there is just SO MUCH ARMOR GOING ON HERE - or at least there was. Now he's removed most of it.

But now he's just laughing even as he keeps the momentum going so they're rolling around in the pillow fort, accepting the hit on the head with an-]

Oof! Rude, that's not how you're supposed to treat a guest!

[and as a result he's making sure that she ends up pinned beneath him when they're done rolling]

[...ah. No matter how hard she tries, he has height and weight on her, and soon he pins her to the pillows. She just wheezes up at him, tilting her head.]

Haa...haa! I already [wheeze] invited you in...! What more do you want?

Some hospitality'd be ideal, you know?

[But he's just going to grin down at her anyway.]

This isn't a bad castle you got here, though.

Right?!

[She just flops back to stare up at the blanket-y ceiling, humming happily.]

I've always wanted to build something like this... and Laurent wouldn't let me try with tomes, and the blankets were always getting used, and we were always on the march--

[and she sighs dreamily.]

This is great.

[and really, really lonely.]

[if sakon was anyone else, he'd piece it together that if the blankets aren't getting used, that means something-

but instead he's kind of just rolling on over

partially onto morgan because he's rude but either way he's glancing at her now]

Seems like it!

Robin-san let you do it for the day or something?

[She keeps her eyes trained on the ceiling.

And her voice is remarkably steady when she responds, even if...well, it's not as cheerful as usual.]

Mother Robin is gone now. So are Vorona and that other guy who was living here.

[Gone somewhere...probably not home.]

[ . . . that's definitely not as cheerful as usual.

And so Sakon's brow furrows. Robin's gone? And so are the other two - .... that means she's all alone then? He blinks up at the blanket fort around them and then frowns.

Suddenly a lot less cool.

It's pretty automatic then, the way that he immediately wraps his arms around Morgan to pull her into a hug.]

Surprise! I'm temporarily living here now.

[Excuse you, it is still the raddest blanket fort.

But she just squeaks in surprise at the sudden hug, though she certainly doesn't resist it, returning the favor by wrapping her arms around him.

As she snorts.]

Oh...did you scrape off that spiral on your door too? Also, I don't think that's the sort of thing you can just decide, especially in a place like this.

Scrape... the spiral? What would that do?

[So no, clearly not.

But yeah, he's going to be affectionate with her because she's always appreciated that before. There sure is some cuddling and burying his face into her hair going on.]

But whatever, I've decided anyway. During the day and the evening, I live here now. Are you complaining?

[...wow Sakon do you pay attention to nothing......... She just giggles when he cuddles her close though, because it is comforting. She likes hugs and affection. This is perfectly acceptable.

(She feels much less lonely like this, though there's always a bit of an ache that doesn't go away. She figures it won't, honestly, not until she finds her father again.)]

If you scrape off the spiral, you can sleep wherever without getting sick. [Snuggle, snuggle.] Besides, while I'm not complaining, I do think you should ask.

[Said so primly as she cuddles close.]

What, for real? [ . . . he considers it for a bit before sighing.] Nah... I need to keep it. Otherwise my lord will never come back to the room!

{And then he'd need to just go around looking for him! Where he could be passed out anywhere! Mitsunari-sama, why are you the worst lord.

So instead he's just going to snort even as he cuddles her close, nuzzling against her cheek affectionately even as he teases.]

Who am I supposed to ask? You? Shorty, I don't care what you have to say most of the time - why would I ask for permission to enter your blanket fortress? I already don't wanna leave!

[... so dedicated. She just shake her head, dismissing that topic as unimportant, mostly because--]

Because this is my blanket fortress, and thus you need to get permission from me, as the lord of this tower!

[...she grins at him expectantly.]

Go on! Go on! Ask!

[ . . . okay, he's snorting at that and instead he's just going to pull back enough so that he can properly grin at her.]

You know....

Where I come from, we don't really ask permission if we want a territory! We kinda duel for it!

[And she responds to that immediately--]

I am definitely not dueling you in or around my pillow fort.

[NOPE.]

In my world, you usually pay deference to the lord of the castle of another country, you know!

I've never been to another country, so I think we should play by my rules since we're both familiar with them.

[sakon what

how does that make any sort of sense]

...That doesn't make any sense at all.

[SERIOUSLY.]

I suppose we'll just have to compromise... How does that sound?

That sounds weak.

[TO BE QUITE FRANK, HE'S PRETTY SURE HE COULD TAKE HER-]

... but I'm listening.

Don't be rude, Sakon, I'm negotiating.

[Sheesh!!]

Don't you have to learn some legitimate tactics sometimes? Your lord can't do it all, can he?

Well... yeah, eventually! I was gonna ask Hanbei-sama or Gyobu-san when I got back though!

[NEGOTIATING IS FOR WIMPS

BRUTE FORCE AND TOYOTOMI MIGHT!!!!!]

What's that got to do with anything?

[are you serious sakon]

...Negotiating is another tactic! That I'm teaching you right now! So you can impress them by your knowledge of tactics other than charging in swinging and kicking!

But.... that's not my job.....

What if they want me to go in swinging and kicking?

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